Phils playing this very smart by doing it now. With those two teams you have an opportunity to drive up the price with both and never know, maybe a 3rd team can come into the fold and sweeten it further.

To me, Papelbon is meh.

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noles1 wrote:Phils playing this very smart by doing it now. With those two teams you have an opportunity to drive up the price with both and never know, maybe a 3rd team can come into the fold and sweeten it further.

To me, Papelbon is meh.

Agreed.

That said, "Meh" is leaps and bounds beyond their current closer situation

noles1 wrote:Phils playing this very smart by doing it now. With those two teams you have an opportunity to drive up the price with both and never know, maybe a 3rd team can come into the fold and sweeten it further.

To me, Papelbon is meh.

Agreed.

That said, "Meh" is leaps and bounds beyond their current closer situation

Too bad, it looked like we were going to steal a win and clinch at least a tie in this series.

No reason to take Masterson out after six dominant innings. He sure fell apart fast with the hit batter, the four-pitch walk, and the two awful pitches that got hammered.

I can't believe he gave up a HR to a benchwarmer who weighs 170 pounds and hasn't hit a HR yet this year. That was possibly the worst pitch he's ever thrown. Francona probably should have pulled him after the HR to Davis followed by a walk and a lucky checked swing infield hit. But I can see how he'd rather go with Masterson than bring in Hags with two on and one out.

Kipnis is just amazing right now. 2-for-2 tonight with a pair of walks, and another HR. It reminds me of when Raburn went 12-for-14 earlier this year. Kipnis is 9-for-14 in his last four games.